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37 Therefore Pilate said to Him, “So You are a king?” Jesus answered, (A)You yourself said I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, (B)to bear witness to the truth. (C)Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.” 38 Pilate *said to Him, “What is truth?”

And when he had said this, he (D)went out again to the Jews and *said to them, “(E)I find no guilt in Him. 39 (F)But you have a custom that I release someone [a]for you at the Passover; do you wish then that I release [b]for you the King of the Jews?”

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  1. John 18:39 Or to you
  2. John 18:39 Or to you

37 “You are a king, then!” said Pilate.

Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth.(A) Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.”(B)

38 “What is truth?” retorted Pilate. With this he went out again to the Jews gathered there and said, “I find no basis for a charge against him.(C) 39 But it is your custom for me to release to you one prisoner at the time of the Passover. Do you want me to release ‘the king of the Jews’?”

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